Classroom Resources: Chemistry Basics

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  Review | High School, Middle School

  Activity: Tic-Tac-Toe Review

  In this activity students collaborate to complete tic-tac-toe review questions to prepare for a test on the atomic structure unit. The idea behind the activity is to give students choice and you can read more about the inspiration for the activity in the May issue of Chemistry Solutions.

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  Periodic Table | High School

  Lesson Plan: The Periodic Table Unit Plan

  The AACT high school classroom resource library and multimedia collection has everything you need to put together a unit plan for your classroom: lessons, activities, labs, projects, videos, simulations, and animations. We constructed a unit plan using AACT resources that is designed to teach the Periodic Table to your students.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Physical Change, Intermolecular Forces, Polarity | High School

  Activity: Intermolecular Forces Activity

  In this activity, students will represent molecules and energy to investigate the different types of intermolecular forces.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Intermolecular Forces, Physical Change | High School

  Activity: Simulation Activity: Intermolecular Forces

  In this activity, students will use a simulation to investigate different types of intermolecular forces (London dispersion and dipole-dipole). In the analysis that follows the activity, they will relate IMFs (including hydrogen bonding) to physical properties (boiling point and solubility).

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  Density, Observations, Chemical Change, Physical Change, Balancing Equations | High School

  Lab: The Lovely Lava Lamp

  In this lab, students add food coloring to a mixture of oil and water and record their observations. They then add an Alka-Seltzer tablet, record their observations and answer a series of questions about the chemical and physical changes that took place.

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  Physical Properties, Intermolecular Forces | High School

  Lesson Plan: The Importance of Motor Oil Viscosity in Optimal Car Functioning

  In this lesson students will determine how temperature affects viscosity and relate the data to the structure of motor oil and the optimal functioning of a car.

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  Identifying an Unknown, Culminating Project, Classification of Reactions | High School

  Lab: The Culminating Unknown

  In this lab, students identify an unknown from a list of 12 possible compounds by designing a procedure and using evidence to prove their claim. They must draw from knowledge gained throughout the year to properly develop a procedure to identify the unknown.

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  Chemical Change, Physical Change, Separating Mixtures, Observations, Mixture | High School

  Lab: Test Tube Separation

  In this lab, students will mix four substances in a test tube and recreate the original four layers through chemical and physical means.

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  Redox Reaction, Electron Transfer, Chemical Change, Observations | High School

  Lab: Test Tube Geology

  In this lab, students are introduced to experimental design and focus on collecting qualitative data.

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  Introduction | High School

  Lesson Plan: How To Write a Formal Lab

  In this lesson, students learn how to put the parts of a formal lab write up together.

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  History | High School

  Activity: Sustainablility

  In this activity, students are introduced to the idea of sustainability by building a vocabulary that they will use and develop through the unit. The subsequent unit focuses on water sustainability, specifically.

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  Observations, Separating Mixtures, Mixtures, Interdisciplinary, Physical Properties, Scientific Method | High School, Middle School

  Activity: How Do We Clean Up An Oil Spill

  In this activity, students simulate an oil spill and test different materials’ ability to “clean” the oil spill.

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  Physical Change, Intermolecular Forces, Heating Curve, Phase Changes, Graphing, Heat, Exothermic & Endothermic, Temperature, Freezing Point, Melting Point | High School

  Lab: Heating & Cooling Curve

  In this lab, students will create a phase change graph by adding and removing heat to observe and record data during actual phase changes.

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  Culminating Project | High School

  Activity: Stop-Motion Video

  In this activity, students will pick a concept to bring to life in a stop-motion video.

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  Temperature, History, Interdisciplinary, Chemical Change, Temperature, Heat | Middle School, High School

  Lab: Greenhouse Gas Simulation

  In this lab, students will create two simulations of the Earth’s atmosphere. They will compare a control model with a one that has an increased presence of carbon dioxide gas in order to analyze how this effects temperature. They will also complete research in order to learn more about the makeup of the Earth’s atmosphere.

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  Density, Physical Properties | High School

  Lab: Graphing Density

  In this lab, students will collect data and then use graphing to determine the density values of unknown metal samples.

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  Polymers, Physical Properties | High School

  Lesson Plan: Give Your Car Some Bounce

  In this lesson students will learn about polymerization, specifically as it pertains to rubber tires and other materials in a vehicle. Students will take on the role of an engineer, and will investigate physical properties of different polymers and/or elastomers to determine the best material to use for an assigned product.

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  Reaction Rate, Chemical Change, Reaction Rate, Observations | Middle School, Elementary School, High School

  Demonstration: Simple Kinetics

  In this demonstration, students will see that different food dyes react with bleach at different rates.

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  Separating Mixtures, Physical Change | High School, Middle School

  Lab: Separation of a Mixture

  In this lab, students devise their own method to separate a mixture of sand, salt, poppy seeds, and iron filings.

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  Distillation, Intermolecular Forces | High School

  Lesson Plan: Fractional Distillation of Crude Oil

  In this lesson, students will be introduced to simple distillation while expanding their knowledge of intermolecular forces. Once a simple distillation has been accomplished in the lab, students will then research the various products of fractional distillation of crude oil and report on one of those products.

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  Culminating Project | High School

  Activity: Second Semester Projects

  In this project, students will choose a topic and express their knowledge using a medium that they feel suites their style.

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  Density, Observations, Chemical Change, Lab Safety, Combustion | High School

  Demonstration: Fish Tank Carbon Dioxide

  In this demonstration, students watch as a reaction between baking soda and vinegar produces carbon dioxide, which then causes lit candles to extinguish.

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  Polarity, Mixtures, Intermolecular Forces, Intermolecular Forces, Mixture, Physical Properties, Observations | Middle School, Elementary School, High School

  Lab: Salad Dressing Science: Emulsions

  In this lab, students mix polar and nonpolar substances and then add various emulsifiers to encourage the mixing of the two substances. They use ingredients in salad dressing to relate science to real life scenarios.

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  Chemical Change, Density, Chemical Change, Density | Elementary School, Middle School, High School

  Demonstration: Fire Extinguisher

  In this demonstration, students will observe a chemical reaction, and see how the product can be used to extinguish a fire.

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  Lab Safety | High School, Middle School

  Demonstration: Lab Safety

  In this demonstration, students discuss laboratory safety and observe corn starch being ignited.